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apolitical
Obsidian | Level 7

Let's say I define

%let person=John James Doe

 

How do I substitue the spaces with underscores, so I get the following effect, without typing the person's name?

%let person=John_James_Doe;

 

Thanks.

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WarrenKuhfeld
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

 

%let person=John James Doe;
%let person = %sysfunc(tranwrd(&person,%str( ), _));
%put &person;

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WarrenKuhfeld
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

 

%let person=John James Doe;
%let person = %sysfunc(tranwrd(&person,%str( ), _));
%put &person;
apolitical
Obsidian | Level 7

works like a charm. thank you!

SuryaKiran
Meteorite | Level 14

Hi,

 

If your trying to substitute the values in the data step when calling the macro something like this works.

 

%let person=John James Doe;
DATA test;
person=TRANWRD("&person"," ","_");
RUN;

Thanks,
Suryakiran
apolitical
Obsidian | Level 7
yeah i tried that and also transtrn and translate functions, turns out what i need is a %sysfunc in the front. thank you.

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